Well, not here HERE. But, I am here in the great big world of blogging.

Even if you weren’t looking for me or wondering where I stepped off to, I needed to do this for me. I don’t do loose ends very well. I make endless lists. I rely on post its, check marks and chirping reminders to make the “to do” a “done”.

So, here I am tying up this loose end. This place. This first home I found in the world of blogging.

A place to practice my craft and share my words.

It was a place of experimenting with new ways and different methods. It had a goal – a project with a beginning but no real end. Looking back, it seemed to sort of drift away instead of reaching a definitive ending.

I am grasping that drifting wisp, pulling it back to shore and parking it at the dock.

This place is no longer home. It was like a fun first apartment.

I have a new place. A new spot to call my own.

There is less of my name, my kids names and my identifiers. But, there is a lot more of me. Me in the sense of who I am, who I was and who I am growing into.

There isn’t much practical beekeeping advice. I have retired from active beekeeping, but still have a tendency to yack on and on about honeybees, why their survival and success is crucial to our world, how sweet beeswax candles are and why honey is so much more than a dollop of yumminess.

I’m honing my skills, crafting my words and sharing my thoughts in a space that is brutally honest and borders on rambling.

There isn’t much about what products I love or what my newest gadget is and you won’t find an affiliate link, giveaway or other sales pitch.

You will read about my hesitancy about tackling parenthood, raising competent and contributing adults, how damn hard it is to have kid on the autism spectrum and why my family is my truest love and my grounding force.

You will find out why writing is my muse and why my cupboards are stocked with white dishes.

So, if you would like to follow me – for who I am and what I’m writing about in this ordinarily unique life I call mine…

who’s the sacred bee?

The Sacred Bee is me, Kate Ferry, the author of this blog. I am a beekeeper in Custer, Washington. My family lives about 10 miles south of the Canadian border and right smack dab next to the Pacific Ocean, in beautiful Custer!

I am the wife of my husband, Jacob, and the mother to three children; my young daughters, Beckett and Camden, and our dog, Tucker, who is 11 years old.

Where's the name ‘Sacred Bee’ come from?
Honeybees are incredible insects. They are responsible for the pollination of over half of the food that makes it onto your table and the chief pollinators for many foods, including almonds and raspberries.

I became fascinated with honeybees while studying anthropology in college and learned more about these amazing creatures after taking an intense six-week course on beekeeping in Surrey, B.C., Canada.

My love and respect for the sacred bee has grown and intensified as I have watched my own two hives bear hundreds of pounds of honey, my garden flourish with the bees' pollination, and through the trials and tribulations of watching my girls (a.k.a. the honeybees) live and die.

Sacred Bee. Honoring the honeybee, one of nature’s gardeners, and practicing beekeeping in Whatcom County, Washington.